Most pictured momument on the Place General McAuliife of Bastogne. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>Tank: <o></o>M4A3 Sherman Tank of 11<SUP>th</SUP> Armored Division, 41<SUP>st</SUP> Tank Battalion, B Company. Disabled by the Germans with grenades (you can see the holes) on December 30, <S>1943 </S>1944 near Renaumont, just a few miles west of Bastogne. <o></o>Tank Commander W. Alexander, Gunner C. Peterman and Loader D. Herbert seriously injured. Driver A. Urda and assistant driver I. Godstein didnt get injured and were taken to a concentration camp. The wounded were left behind. There is no further info on the Tank Commander, but Herbert and Peterman were picked up by US Army medics. <o></o>Bike:<o></o>Honda Pan European with EML GT3E sidecar. 14 inch wheels, car tires,leading link. Kids have done some <S>200k</S> 100K in it on travels from Scotland to Tsjechoslovakija en from Norway to Spain. Sold <S>2005</S> 2006.

Note: the kids on the tank are not mine, but like in Normandy everyboy climbes on it. It's not considered disrespect.

Richard-NL

<o>Edit: screw up, because Im bad in numbers. Kids travelled 200K on sidecars, only 100 K on this rig. The Battle of the Bulge was of course in 1944 and the bike was sold in 2006. <o></o>
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